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Made in Kirovakan, Remade in Vanadzor

Beyond its abandoned factories and Soviet industrial past, Vanadzor is home to a small but thriving community of artists and artisans. Isaac Stephenson meets the craftspeople whose work is quietly reshaping the identity of Armenia's often-overlooked third city.

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One Year After the Washington Accords

One Year After the Washington Accords

One year after the Washington Accords, has Armenia entered a fundamentally different strategic environment? In
this episode of “State of Play”, Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan about how the Washington Accords have altered regional dynamics, why Armenia has gained greater strategic agency, and why the country's greatest challenge may now lie not beyond its borders, but within its own institutions.
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Beyond Symbolism: Israel, the Armenian Genocide and Gaza

Beyond Symbolism: Israel, the Armenian Genocide and Gaza

Israel's move to recognize the Armenian Genocide is neither a legal judgment nor a purely
moral act. As Israel faces genocide allegations over Gaza, the decision raises difficult questions about law, politics, memory and the consistency of state recognition. Davit Khachatryan examines what that recognition can, and cannot, accomplish under international law, and why Israel's decision carries both legal and political significance.
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A Beach House, a Khachkar, an Orchard

A Beach House, a Khachkar, an Orchard

A beach house in Lebanon, Armenian khachkars and Kurdish orchards in Iraq seem to have little in common and while the legal and geopolitical contexts may differ, Karena Avedissian traces the logic that connects them, revealing how security narratives can transform people, places and memory into perceived threats.

Power to the Public

Power to the Public

Armenia's takeover of Electric Networks of Armenia is about more than ownership. Drawing on international
examples, André Vartan-Boghossian examines what makes an electricity system resilient, competitive and accountable, and why public control of critical infrastructure may strengthen both sovereignty and democracy.
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